Kate Winslet has spoken out about the fire that engulfed Richard Branson’s Necker Island mansion, admitting it was lucky that everyone got out of the blaze alive,
“I’m just so glad that everyone is safe. And this very easily could not have been the case.
“I will never forget Richard placing his arms around my children as we were watching the flames and saying, ‘At the end of the day, what you realise is that all that matters is the people you love. Everything else is just stuff. And none of that stuff matters.’”
Kate was hailed as a hero by Sir Richard after she carried his 90-year-old mother to safety during the blaze that completely devastated the Branson’s Caribbean getaway. The millionaire businessman said of Kate, “It was she who carried my mother out of the house. She said it was like being on a film set where you’re waiting for the words 'cut' but they just don’t come. So it was quite surreal for her to be in a real-life situation. She carried my mum out of the house. My mum is 90 and can walk, but it was more just to speed the process up than anything else. But, anyway, she was great. She swept her up into her arms and got them out of the house as fast as possible.”